MANILA, Philippines — Former president Rodrigo Duterte has informed the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that he does not wish to attend the annual review of his continued detention. In a one-page waiver dated Feb. 23, Duterte said that he would not participate in the hearing scheduled for Friday, Feb. 27. The document, prepared and read to him by his legal team, was signed without citing a specific reason for his absence. “My counsel has explained to me the legal consequences emanating from such a waiver, and I trust him and my ICC legal team to represent me faithfully,” the former president said in the filing. Duterte remains detained at the Scheveningen prison complex in The Hague, located a few kilometers from the court’s headquarters. He has been in custody for nearly a year following his arrest on March 11, 2025. The upcoming hearing forms part of the ICC’s mandatory review of detention under Rule 118(3) of its Rules of Procedure and Evidence. The rule allows Pre-Trial Chamber I to conduct an annual review of whether continued detention remains necessary. Such reviews may be initiated either at the request of the prosecutor or the detained individual. The chamber had directed Duterte’s defense team to submit a separate waiver if he intended to forgo attendance at the annual detention review, prompting the latest filing.